John Boehner

Former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner is not a fan of presidential hopeful Ted Cruz, and used some strong words to describe him during an evening talk at Stanford University on April 27.

“Dead. Real Dead.” That was the verdict by then-House Speaker John Boehner on President Barack Obama’s proposal to impose higher dividend and capital gains taxes on the wealthy

House Republicans embraced a new leader Wednesday and swiftly consented to a major budget-and-debt deal to avert a federal financial crisis, highlights of a day of dramatic fresh starts at the Capitol after years of division and disarray.

With one week to go, Congress must act fast and come up with a way to raise the federal borrowing limit or face an unprecedented government default.

Speaker John Boehner is trying to make one last deal as he heads for the exits, pushing to finalize a far-reaching, two-year budget agreement before handing Congress’ top job over to Paul Ryan this week, congressional officials said Monday.

The honeymoon might be over before it even begins for House Speaker-in-waiting Paul Ryan when he is elevated to the top job this coming week.

The House Freedom Caucus said Wednesday it is supporting Rep. Paul Ryan for speaker of the House, heralding a new start for a deeply divided House GOP.

Fractious conservatives resisted Paul Ryan’s appeals to rally around him for House speaker Wednesday.

Rep. Paul Ryan says he’s got to have unity from divided House Republicans before he will serve as their speaker.

In a stunning move, House Speaker John Boehner informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign from Congress at the end of October

The House plunged into a divisive two-day debate over trade legislation on Thursday, a controversy so thick that President Barack Obama conferred on strategy with Republican Speaker John Boehner and drew a public rebuttal in the House from a Democratic foe of the measure.

The House voted to pass a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security for the rest of the year, ending a protracted fight over the president’s November immigration policies that resulted in a defeat for Republicans.

House Speaker John Boehner says the House already did its job. It’s up to the Senate now to do theirs to block President Obama’s November immigration order.

House Speaker John Boehner wants House lawyers to sue President Barack Obama for his Executive Order protecting millions of illegal immigrants. Should he?